Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Trinbago Knight Riders, CPL T20 2021, Today Match Prediction

gaw vs tkr Match Prediction & Analysis

Caribbean Premier League is all set to enter the 9th season this year with all the 33 matches scheduled to take place in St. Kitts. Defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders will take on the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the opening match of the season. Both teams have been very consistent in reaching the knockouts stages of the tournament in all the 8 seasons so far. Guyana Amazon Warriors will look to end their jinx with their first title victory and would like to start the season with a victory. Knight Riders will look to start with a win in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Guyana Amazon Warriors Preview

Guyana Amazon Warriors have a very young team led by Nicholas Pooran with the likes of Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, and Chanderpaul Hemraj. Pakistani duo of Shoiab Malik and Mohammed Hafeez adds the much needed experience to their batting line-up. Anthony Bramble is their back-up wicket-keeper in the squad.

Afghani player Naveen-Ul-Haq and Romario Shephard will lead the pace attack of the team. Experienced leggie Imran Tahir will lead the spin attack with the likes of Kevin Sinclair, Ashmedd Nedd, and chinaman Waqar Salamkheil for company. Nial Smith and Odean Smith will be their back-up pacers in the squad.

Top players to bet on:

Nicholas Pooran – Pooran has been going through a rough patch for a long time recently and will look to end his run drought with a brilliant performance in this year`s CPL. He is too good a player to be struck in poor form.

Imran Tahir – Tahir has a vast experience of playing across various T20 leagues all over the world.  We expect him to set the running with a brilliant performance in the first math itself.

Guyana Amazon Warriors Predicted Playing XI:

Nicholas Pooran (C & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Shoaib Malik/Mohammed Hafeez, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Romario Shephard, Kevin Sinclair, Imran Tahir, Ashmedd Nedd, Odean Smith

Guyana Amazon Warriors Actual Playing XI:

Mohammad Hafeez, Brandon King, Imran Tahir, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Ashmead Nedd, Shoaib Malik, Odean Smith

Trinbago Knight Riders Preview

TKR will be led by the T20 giant Kieron Pollard in this season too. Their batting has T20 veterans such as Colin Munro, Lendl Simmons, Tim Seifert, Denesh Ramdin, and Darren Bravo. Young Tion Webster and Leonardo Julien are waiting in the ranks for the elusive opportunity in the batting line-up.

They have a very strong pace attack with Ali Khan, Isuru Udana, Ravi Rampaul, and Jayden Seales in their squad. Spin department will be led by another T20 veteran Sunil Narine with the likes of Khary Pierre, Akeal Hossain, and Yasir Shah for company.

Top players to bet on:

Kieron Pollard – Pollard has played over 500 T20 matches and has scored over 10000 runs so far. He can also be a handy bowler with some vital overs and will expect to lead their team from the front with both bat and ball.

Jayden Seales – Jayden Seales has been very impressive in all formats of the game for his national team and picked up 11 wickets in the just 2 Test matches against Pakistan. We expect him to lead their pace attack from the front in this season.

Trinbago Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI:

Kieron Pollard (C), Colin Munro, Lendl Simmons, Tim Seifert/Denesh Ramdin, Darren Bravo, Isuru Udana/Ali khan, Jayden Seales, Khary Pierre, Sunil Narine, Akeal Hossain

Trinbago Knight Riders Actual Playing XI:

Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Ravi Rampaul, Akeal Hosein, Denesh Ramdin, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Jayden Seales, Tim Seifert, LMP Simmons, Isuru Udana

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

St. Kitts will have bright, clear, and sunny weather with no rain predicted on the match day. We can expect a full match with no rain interruptions in this match.

Venue Details

Warner Park is expected to have a good sporting track with slightly in the favor of the batsmen. The average scores in this pitch is usually between 160-180 runs. We can expect some fireworks from the batters in this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams are opting to chase th total in the T20 matches off late and we expect both captains to bowl first if they win the toss.